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You might also argue that people are buying a license and thus "buy" is appropriate.
by kybernetyk 10y ago
You might also argue that people are buying a license and thus "buy" is appropriate.
- golemotron 10y agoIf the FDA can police terminology like 'organic' for food, the FTC can step in when companies aren't clear that you are buying a license.
- moonfern 10y agoMaybe inappropriate but I like to know where you bought the "You might also argue" licence of mountain-Jack I couldn't find that on the Amazon store, please help me, that never happened to me, I feel so sad.
- Drakim 10y agoThen it should say "Buy a license now!" rather than "Buy a product now!"
- mattmaroon 10y agoIt just says buy now. I've never seen a button that said "buy a product now".
- wtetzner 10y agoBut it's always next to a picture or description of the product, not a license. That seems pretty misleading.
- newjersey 10y agoI don't like the whole "own it on Blu-ray and DVD" scheme either. I would love to see the end of copyright and just some sort of compensation for releasing unauthorized private data without any significant public utility but I don't know how to define things like public utility.
- Joeri 10y agoBuying a license is pretty bunk though. The common understanding of what purchasing means is incompatible with licenses. This is a long-standing problem of the software industry which has been exported to other domains now that everything is software.
- pdkl95 10y agoA better argument is that advertising that a product is available to "buy now", but changing the terms at checkout to "buy a license" is a type of fraud known as "bait and switch". An offer is being made that the seller has no intention of honoring, with a different product (the license) offered as a substitute.